Two Sessions 2025: China’s Tech Revolution Redefining the Global Future
In the wake of the 2025 Two Sessions, China’s bold pursuit of technological supremacy is not merely a strategic ambition but a calculated revolution that is set to redefine the global technological...
View ArticlePost-Brexit trade bottlenecks still causing headache for business community
Brexit red tape has caused a well-known business serving the expat community in Belgium to drastically change its business model. Stonemanor, which has shops in Belgium (Sint-Genesius-Rode and...
View ArticleReturning to one’s roots: Forging a new path
On 13 March, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Jeyhun Bayramov, announced that Armenia had agreed to the last two of the total 17 provisions of the draft “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and...
View ArticleManoeuvring Uncertainty: Ukraine’s Security Guarantees in the Trump Era
Donald Trump and the EU have been at odds over Ukraine. The EU and Biden administration failed to greenlight the NATO membership action plan and the kind of military support and strategy over targeting...
View ArticleGaza Crisis: Human Rights Analysis and the Consequences of the Blockade
For over 15 years, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to an extensive blockade that has profoundly affected its population. Originally justified as a security measure, the blockade has evolved into a...
View ArticleIndonesia’s 3 Key Proposals at the Jeddah OIC Summit—Through the Lens of...
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Extraordinary Ministerial Conference is an international high-level meeting forum to discuss and formulate peace issues related to conflicts that endanger...
View ArticlePakistan Leaps into the Digital Age
With its decisive role at LEAP 2025 in Riyadh and the DNP Act of 2025—which officially developed into Pakistan’s Digital Nation—the narrative of Pakistan’s digital transformation has emerged as part of...
View ArticlePakistan’s Bold Blueprint: Decentralising Power, Driving Prosperity, and...
Pakistan must take bold measures and internal reform to address its internal challenges and stabilise the nation if it is to prosper. Caught in the midst of a poly-crisis that includes deep-seated...
View ArticleEthiopia on the Brink: Abiy Ahmed’s Risky Power Play and the Growing Threat...
Ethiopia is going through a deep political and societal crisis, marked by ethnic tensions, economic problems, and increasing instability. The devastating civil war in the Tigray region (2020–2022) left...
View ArticleThe EU Migration and Asylum Pact is already falling apart
EU nations signed the Pact on Migration and Asylum barely a year ago. It is already falling apart. The pact aims to better distribute migrants and asylum seekers among EU countries, but many...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry Negotiating for Russia’s Return to International...
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry has opened a new era, the pride for women fighting for higher employment status and portrayed women’s advancement, and Africa’s rising into global stage. Coventry’s election...
View ArticleCan Taiwan Learn from Lee Kuan Yew? Pragmatic Lessons for a Precarious Future
Synopsis: Taiwan faces growing challenges amid rising tensions with China, economic shifts, and military threats. With President Lai’s new security strategies, TSMC’s massive U.S. investment, and...
View ArticleTigray: The Battle for Survival, Sovereignty, and Stability
Tigray, a region with a profound historical legacy and a pivotal role in Ethiopia’s political landscape, is at a moment of extreme peril. After years of devastating genocidal war, deliberate economic...
View ArticleHow Merrick Garland Failed America
The America of 2025 will be unlike any other in American history. It will be marked by further economic growth for the billionaire class, unprecedented public and political corruption within Trump’s...
View ArticleOpportunities and Threats of the North-South Corridor (INSTC) for Iran
In today’s interconnected world and the ongoing transition to a new global order, trade corridors are not only vital arteries of the global economy but also strategic tools for geopolitical influence....
View ArticleResumption of 1st Women-Led Radio Station in Afghanistan
The reopening of Radio Begum, Afghanistan’s only women-led radio station, marks a pivotal moment in the country’s ongoing struggle for press freedom, gender inclusivity, and the empowerment of women....
View ArticleDuterte’s rendition, PH political turmoil and the ICC’s dilemma
In the Senate’s much-anticipated Duterte detention hearing on Thursday, Senator Imee Marcos, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, interviewed the key cabinet members of President Ferdinand Marcos...
View ArticleA Public Disservice: The House Ethics Report on Matt Gaetz and a Failure of...
With the announcement of many of Donald Trump’s new cabinet members, it is clear this administration will be markedly different from Trump’s first administration. Many of the individuals are chosen not...
View ArticlePress Freedom and Democracy in Indonesia: Is the Constitution Still on Their...
The Indonesian journalism community has once again been shaken by an act of terror targeting a media office. An unmarked package containing a severed pig’s head was sent to the office, followed by a...
View ArticleThe North Korean Nuclear Problem During “Trump II”: More Refractory Than Ever
Abstract: Though seemingly on the “back burner,” worrisome nuclear developments in North Korea are steadily increasing. Inter alia, by ignoring diplomatic warnings and legal prohibitions, Kim Jong Un...
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